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[Domestic economy] CHOMEL, Noël Dictionnaire oeconomique, contenant divers moyens d'augmenter son bien, et de conserver sa santé [...]. Paris, Wid. J. Estienne, 2 vol., folio: [pp.-1656-c col.-[pp., [pp.-1570-lxxxvi col. (some browning). Contemp. calf, gilt orn. spines with 6 raised bands, gilt sides and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, red edges (corners def., covers rubbed, head and tail def., bands and sides rubbed). Later edition (1st of this famous encyclopaedic manual by the French agronomist and encyclopedist N. Chomel (1633-1712). Ill. with numerous woodcuts in-text. Printed in 2 col. Ref. BnF.